The Liberal Democrats Will Add

On The Bskyb Bid, Rupert Murdoch Is Now In Town In London Seeking To Sort Things Out. I Would Simply Say To Him, Look How People Feel About This. Look How The Country Has Reacted With Revulsion To The Revelations. So Do The Decent And Sensible Thing And Reconsider, Think Again, About Your Bid For Bskyb.

If You Scratch Below The Surface And Ask What Really Makes Me Tick, It's The Liberalism Of Trying To Promote Freedom And Opportunity. Promoting Social Mobility Is One Of The Keys To That.

I Don't Even Pretend We Can Occupy The Lib Dem Holier-than-thou, Hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type Stance. No, We Are Getting Our Hands Dirty, And Inevitably And Totally Understandably We Are Being Accused Of Being Just Like Any Other Politicians.

When I Became Leader, I Made Very Clear I Was Not Going To Choose The Easy Life. I Have Always Taken Risks. I Don't Like Comfort-zone Politics.

I Totally Rule Out Any Arrangements With The Snp — In The Same Way I Rule Out Any Arrangements With Ukip - Because There Is No Meeting Point For Me With One Party That Basically Wants To Pull Our Country To Bits And Another Party That Wants Us To Pull Out Of The Eu. I Would Never Recommend To The Liberal Democrats That We Help Establish A Government Which Is Basically On A Life Support System, Where Alex Salmond Could Pull The Plug Any Time He Wants.